'Rumours' - that word again - at work yesterday that ESPN would be free this weekend. It isn't. Balls.
I'll have the radio on all day today (well except for 3pm -5pm). Glory days.![]()
What a silly idea by Jeff Stelling to offer more leeway to players with good "reputations" who make bad challenges, and not to give red cards unless it was an intentional tackle. This is just to protect England players who make dangerous tackles, the type of player who always gets protected by the likes of Stelling who claim "he's not that type of player".
Birmingham 0-0 Wolves, FT.
ESPN.![]()
Tottenham: Cudicini, Bassong, Livermore, Dawson, Rose, Lennon, Pienaar, Kranjcar, Giovani, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe.
Subs: Gomes, Kaboul, Van der Vaart, Falque, Bostock, Carroll, Parrett.
Cheltenham: Brown, Bennett, Elliott, Garbutt, Jombati, Pack, Low, Penn, Summerfield, Spencer, Mohamed.
Subs: Book, Lowe, Andrew, Duffy, Goulding, Smikle, Graham.
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
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West Brom: Foster, Jones, Dawson, McAuley, Shorey, Jara Reyes, Dorrans, Morrison, Thorne, Cox, Odemwingie.
Subs: Fulop, Mattock, Tchoyi, Woods, Mantom, Tamas, Fortune.
Cardiff: Heaton, Quinn, Gerrard, Keinan, Naylor, Kiss, Blake, McPhail, Conway, Gestede, Earnshaw.
Subs: Marshall, Gyepes, Mason, Evans, Oshilaja, Wharton, Ralls.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
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MK Dons: Martin, Smith, Shaun Williams, MacKenzie, Lewington, Chadwick, Gleeson, Potter, Bowditch, Ibehre, Daniel Powell.
Subs: McLoughlin, Doumbe, Flanagan, O'Shea, Lobjoit, Alli, Collins.
QPR: Cerny, Young, Gabbidon, Hall, Hill, Mackie, Derry, Faurlin, Smith, Macheda, Campbell.
Subs: Murphy, Helguson, Bothroyd, Buzsaky, Connolly, Andrade, Orr.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
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Macclesfield: Veiga, Bateson, Brisley, Brown, Tremarco, Hamshaw, Wedgbury, Mendy, Diagne, Daniel, Donnelly.
Subs: Collis, Morgan, Mukendi, Fairhurst, Fisher, Hewitt, Whiteoak.
Bolton: Bogdan, Riley, Wheater, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Reo-Coker, Pratley, Petrov, Klasnic, Kevin Davies.
Subs: Lynch, Sanli, Mark Davies, Blake, Ngog, Boyata, O'Halloran.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
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Everton: Howard, Coleman, Heitinga, Distin, Neville, Donovan, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, McFadden, Anichebe.
Subs: Hahnemann, Baines, Drenthe, Stracq, Vellios, Duffy, McAleny.
Tamworth: Collister, Tait, Habergam, Courtney, Francis, Thomas, Patterson, Barrow, Christie, Kanyuka, McKoy.
Subs: Hedge, Oji, St Aimie, McDonald, Shariff, Taylor, Wallen.
Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)
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Swansea: Tremmel, Rangel, Monk, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Agustien, Orlandi, Routledge, Dyer, Graham.
Subs: Moreira, Bessone, Allen, Sigurdsson, Sinclair, Lita, Moore
Barnsley: Steele, Hassell, McEveley, Foster, Davies, Done, Perkins, McNulty, Addison, Vaz Te, Drinkwater.
Subs: Preece, Edwards, Wiseman, Noble-Lazarus, Gray, Taylor, Digby.
Referee: Stuart Attwell
A lot of strong-looking teams put out today, and quite bloody right too. Usual arrogance of 'Arry on show though, treating Cheltenham as if it were Shamrock Rovers away...
Absolutely no sign of any games on the box over here, just bloody ice skating and last season baseball!
No football weekends :thumbs down:
Fulham: Stockdale, Kelly, Senderos, Hangeland, John Arne Riise, Murphy, Frei, Dempsey, Dembele, Ruiz, Zamora.
Subs: Etheridge, Sidwell, Orlando Sa, Kasami, Gecov, Duff, Hughes.
Charlton: Sullivan, Solly, Taylor, Morrison, Wiggins, Green, Pritchard, Hollands, Jackson, Wright-Phillips, Kermorgant. Subs: Pope, Hughes, Evina, Hayes, Wagstaff, Euell, Cort.
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
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Gillingham: Flitney, Lee, Richards, Lawrence, Frampton, Jack Payne, Whelpdale, Weston, Montrose, Jackman, Kedwell.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Oli, Rooney, Fish, Davies, Rance, Stefan Payne.
Stoke: Begovic, Woodgate, Shawcross, Huth, Upson, Shotton, Palacios, Delap, Jerome, Jones, Walters.
Subs: Nash, Higginbotham, Whelan, Fuller, Diao, Pennant, Whitehead.
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
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Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Santon, Obertan, Abeid, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Ben Arfa, Best.
Subs: Elliot, Perch, Gosling, Ryan Taylor, Shola Ameobi, Sammy Ameobi, Vuckic.
Blackburn: Bunn, Olsson, Givet, Hanley, Henley, Pedersen, Petrovic, Nzonzi, Vukcevic, Goodwillie, Rochina.
Subs: Kean, Formica, Slew, Blackman, Yakubu, Morris, Lowe.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
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Norwich: Rudd, Martin, Whitbread, Ayala, Drury, Fox, Crofts, Surman, Hoolahan, Holt, Jackson.
Subs: Steer, Johnson, Morison, Bennett, Lappin, Barnett, Wilbraham.
Burnley: Grant, Amougou, Edgar, Easton, Mee, Wallace, Marney, McCann, Rodriguez, Paterson, Austin.
Subs: Stewart, Stanislas,Hines, Bartley, Treacy, MacDonald, Jackson.
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)
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Swindon: Foderingham, Caddis, Flint, McCormack, Kennedy, Ritchie, Ferry, Jonathan Smith, De Vita, Connell, Murray.
Subs: Phil Smith, Devera, Benson, Gabilondo, Cibocchi, Magera, Louis Thompson.
Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Lopez, Mustoe, Maloney, Thomas, McArthur, Watson, McManaman, Di Santo.
Subs: Pollitt, Gohouri, Moses, Gomez, Sammon, Dicko, Redmond.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)